[PATCH] fs/orangefs: Replace deprecated strcpy with memcpy + strscpy

From: Thorsten Blum

Date: Sat Jan 17 2026 - 08:50:17 EST


strcpy() is deprecated [1] and using strcat() is discouraged. In
orangefs_debugfs_init() and orangefs_client_debug_init(), replace them
with memcpy() since the string lengths are already known. Replace all
other uses of strcpy() with the safer strscpy().

Link: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#strcpy [1]
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c
index 79267b3419f2..002092950605 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c
@@ -238,14 +238,16 @@ void orangefs_debugfs_init(int debug_mask)
static void orangefs_kernel_debug_init(void)
{
static char k_buffer[ORANGEFS_MAX_DEBUG_STRING_LEN] = { };
+ size_t len = strlen(kernel_debug_string);

gossip_debug(GOSSIP_DEBUGFS_DEBUG, "%s: start\n", __func__);

- if (strlen(kernel_debug_string) + 1 < ORANGEFS_MAX_DEBUG_STRING_LEN) {
- strcpy(k_buffer, kernel_debug_string);
- strcat(k_buffer, "\n");
+ if (len + 1 < ORANGEFS_MAX_DEBUG_STRING_LEN) {
+ memcpy(k_buffer, kernel_debug_string, len);
+ k_buffer[len] = '\n';
+ k_buffer[len + 1] = '\0';
} else {
- strcpy(k_buffer, "none\n");
+ strscpy(k_buffer, "none\n");
pr_info("%s: overflow 1!\n", __func__);
}

@@ -336,16 +338,17 @@ static int help_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
*/
static void orangefs_client_debug_init(void)
{
-
static char c_buffer[ORANGEFS_MAX_DEBUG_STRING_LEN] = { };
+ size_t len = strlen(client_debug_string);

gossip_debug(GOSSIP_DEBUGFS_DEBUG, "%s: start\n", __func__);

- if (strlen(client_debug_string) + 1 < ORANGEFS_MAX_DEBUG_STRING_LEN) {
- strcpy(c_buffer, client_debug_string);
- strcat(c_buffer, "\n");
+ if (len + 1 < ORANGEFS_MAX_DEBUG_STRING_LEN) {
+ memcpy(c_buffer, client_debug_string, len);
+ c_buffer[len] = '\n';
+ c_buffer[len + 1] = '\0';
} else {
- strcpy(c_buffer, "none\n");
+ strscpy(c_buffer, "none\n");
pr_info("%s: overflow! 2\n", __func__);
}

@@ -748,15 +751,14 @@ static void debug_mask_to_string(void *mask, int type)
else if (len)
kernel_debug_string[len - 1] = '\0';
else if (type)
- strcpy(client_debug_string, "none");
+ strscpy(client_debug_string, "none");
else
- strcpy(kernel_debug_string, "none");
+ strscpy(kernel_debug_string, "none");

out:
gossip_debug(GOSSIP_UTILS_DEBUG, "%s: string:%s:\n", __func__, debug_string);

return;
-
}

static void do_k_string(void *k_mask, int index)
@@ -775,7 +777,7 @@ static void do_k_string(void *k_mask, int index)
strcat(kernel_debug_string, ",");
} else {
gossip_err("%s: overflow!\n", __func__);
- strcpy(kernel_debug_string, ORANGEFS_ALL);
+ strscpy(kernel_debug_string, ORANGEFS_ALL);
goto out;
}
}
@@ -802,7 +804,7 @@ static void do_c_string(void *c_mask, int index)
strcat(client_debug_string, ",");
} else {
gossip_err("%s: overflow!\n", __func__);
- strcpy(client_debug_string, ORANGEFS_ALL);
+ strscpy(client_debug_string, ORANGEFS_ALL);
goto out;
}
}
@@ -838,14 +840,14 @@ static int check_amalgam_keyword(void *mask, int type)

if ((c_mask->mask1 == cdm_array[client_all_index].mask1) &&
(c_mask->mask2 == cdm_array[client_all_index].mask2)) {
- strcpy(client_debug_string, ORANGEFS_ALL);
+ strscpy(client_debug_string, ORANGEFS_ALL);
rc = 1;
goto out;
}

if ((c_mask->mask1 == cdm_array[client_verbose_index].mask1) &&
(c_mask->mask2 == cdm_array[client_verbose_index].mask2)) {
- strcpy(client_debug_string, ORANGEFS_VERBOSE);
+ strscpy(client_debug_string, ORANGEFS_VERBOSE);
rc = 1;
goto out;
}
@@ -854,7 +856,7 @@ static int check_amalgam_keyword(void *mask, int type)
k_mask = (__u64 *) mask;

if (*k_mask >= s_kmod_keyword_mask_map[k_all_index].mask_val) {
- strcpy(kernel_debug_string, ORANGEFS_ALL);
+ strscpy(kernel_debug_string, ORANGEFS_ALL);
rc = 1;
goto out;
}
--
Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
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